Mobile apps slowly creeping up on TV as the lazy person’s favorite pastime

Some day, we may refer to lazy and docile people as “app potatoes.” New data from Flurry Analytics shows that Americans are spending more time using mobile apps than ever before, and are now spending nearly as much time using them as they spend watching television. According to Flurry, U.S. consumers now spend 127 minutes per day using mobile apps, up from just 94 minutes per day one year ago. Television,...

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Internet governance talks in jeopardy as Arab states, Russia ally

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A landmark attempt to set global rules for overseeing the Internet threatened to fall apart on Friday as a rift pitting the United States and some Western countries against the rest of the world widened, participants in the talks said. A 12-day conference of the International Telecommunications Union, taking place in Dubai, is supposed to result in the adoption of a new...

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How one startup is overhauling Android to make it enterprise-ready

The common misconception that Android isn’t secure enough for the business world or government employees is about to change. A Boston-based startup called Optio Labs has created a custom version of Google’s (GOOG) mobile operating system that can control what can and cannot be accessed depending on location, network or running apps. The technology can even allow a phone to display sensitive company...

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New Android apps worth downloading: Kickvox, Splice, Spellwood: Word Game Adventure

Kickvox is a visual search engine designed specifically for mobile devices. We’ve got a pair of quality games for your approval including Splice, a title that’s all about recombining cells to make new organisms, and Spellwood, a word game for people who are new to word games. Kickvox (Free) What’s it about? Kickvox is a search engine app designed for mobile devices that emphasizes visual search results,...

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SEC wrestles with Internet age in Netflix case

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A regulatory probe of Netflix Inc over disclosures made on its chief executive's Facebook page could prove an important test of whether a rule designed to prevent leaks to analysts can translate to the social media age. The movie and TV streaming service revealed on Thursday that it may face action from the Securities and Exchange Commission if the agency determines the comments...

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Sekjen KAHMI dari Kalangan Politisi?

Munas Korps Alumni Himpunan Mahasiswa Islam (KAHMI) di Riau telah memilih 9 presidium untuk Majelis Nasional KAHMI periode 2012-2017. Mahfud MD terpilih sebagai ketua presidium karena meraih suara terbanyak. Lantas, siapakah yang akan menjadi Sekjen KAHMI? "Munas sudah memilih Mahfud sebagai Ketua Presidium KAHMI. Namun untuk urusan Sekjen, hal itu tidak dipilih oleh peserta Munas," kata Ketua Pelaksana...

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Polda Metro Jaya Turunkan Berat Badan Polisi Gendut

Polda Metro Jaya akan melakukan program penurunan berat badan bagi polisi bertubuh tambun di Jakarta. Progam ini akan dilakukan secara bertahap untuk seluruh Polsek dan Polres yang ada. "Kita lakukan secara bertahap, kita lihat juga kondisinya seperti apa. Apa di wilayahnya banyak kasus atau unjuk rasa ini jadi pertimbangan," kata Kabid Humas Polda Metro Jaya Kombes Rikwanto kepada detikcom, Minggu...

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Warga Ukraina Ditahan Saat Ikut Rayakan HUT OPM

Aparat kepolisian dari Polres Manokwari menahan seorang warga negara Ukraina saat mengikuti peringatan HUT Organisasi Papua Merdeka (OPM), Sabtu (1/12) kemarin. Warga negara asing bernama Artem Shapirenko (36) tersebut ditahan karena visa yang sudah kedaluwarsa. "Yang bersangkutan overstay selama 4 bulan, menyalahgunakan visa. Selain itu Artem tidak melaporkan keberadaanya kepada Polri selama satu...

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Jokowi Soal MRT: Jangan Didorong Cepat-cepat, Enak Jepangnya Nanti

Gubernur DKI Jakarta Jokowi menegaskan harus cermat sebelum memutuskan proyek Mass Rapid Transit (MRT). Namun dia ingin menegosiasikan masalah pinjaman dari Jepang itu. "Saya ingin menawarkan lagi pinjaman dari Jepang itu. Mentang-mentang minjami uang, maunya sendiri. Perencanaan dari sana, barang-barang dari sana, kontraktor dari sana, terus kita ngapain?" kata Jokowi. Hal itu disampaikan Jokowi...

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Dubes RI untuk AS Terima Penghargaan Global Innovation Award

Duta besar Indonesia untuk Amerika Serikat, Dino Patti Djalal, menerima penghargaan Global Innovation Award dari Universitas Emory, Georgia, Amerika Serikat. Dino menerima penghargaan ini karena dinilai berhasil memberikan gagasan-gagasan inovatif di berbagai bidang dan mengubah profil diplomasi negara emerging economy seperti Indonesia. "Sejumlah negara ataupun ekonomi berkembang di Asia telah mengalami...

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